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Informatica Joins New AWS Public Sector Partner Program; Ronen Schwartz Comments

InformaticaÂ has joinedÂ Amazon Web Services‘ new partner program to provide data management services to public sector customers through connected data in AWSâ€™ cloud environment. Amazon Web Services launched the Public Sector Partner Program at the companyâ€™s AWS re:Invent 2016 event and Informatica will collaborate with the cloud provider to deliver hybrid data management platform configured for […] More

December 2, 2016, 8:18 am
in News, Products & Service

General Atomics Conducts Super Hornet Fly-In Recovery With Arresting Gear System

General Atomicsâ€™ electromagnetic systems business has conducted the first fly-in aircraft recovery of an F/A-18E Super Hornet with the use of the companyâ€™s Advanced Arresting Gear system to verify AAGâ€™s performance. The fly-in aircraft recovery operation performed at the Runway Arrested Landing Site at Joint base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey Oct. 13 comes on the […] More

December 2, 2016, 7:47 am
in Industry News, News

American Systems to Provide Engineering Services to DoD’s Developmental, Test & Evaluation Org

American SystemsÂ will provide warfare area staff specialists to theÂ Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation underÂ a $5.7 million contract from the Washington Headquarters Services. The Defense Department said ThursdayÂ American Systems will perform professional engineering services in support of the Major Defense Acquisition Program/Major Automated Information System initiatives. Work will […] More

December 2, 2016, 2:30 am
in Government Cloud, News

Palo Alto Networks Integrates Firewall Product With AWS Load Balancer, Auto-Scaling Platforms

Palo Alto Networks has integrated itsÂ virtualized firewalls with the auto scaling and elastic load balancing platformsÂ ofÂ Amazon Web ServicesÂ in an effortÂ to help joint customersÂ secure their workloads. The companies seek to help clients automatically scale cyber breach prevention tools as their cloud-based workloads fluctuate through the useÂ ofÂ VM-Series firewalls in conjunction withÂ AWS Lambda, CloudFormation Templates and Amazon CloudWatchÂ services,Â Palo […] More

December 1, 2016, 10:29 am
in News, Products & Service

Iridium Sets Satellite Constellation NEXT Launch Date for Dec. 16; Matt Desch Comments

Iridium CommunicationsÂ has scheduled the launch of itsÂ next-generation global satellite constellation Iridium NEXTÂ for Dec. 16 aboard SpaceXâ€™s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. SpaceX’sÂ Falcon 9 rocket will carry 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to low-Earth orbit to replace an existing commercial satellite network in space, Iridium said Thursday. The planned launch announcement follows […] More

December 1, 2016, 9:51 am
in Big Data & Analytics News, News

OGSystems, Narrative Science Partner on New Location-Based Intell Offering; Omar Balkissoon Comments

OGSystems and natural language generation technology providerÂ Narrative Science have teamed up to develop a new location-based intelligence platform offering for enterprise customers. The BlueGlass platform integrates remote sensing, big data and cognitive analytics features to help clients gain situational insights in real time through anomaly alerting and activity reports about potential risks, OGSystems said Wednesday. […] More

December 1, 2016, 7:55 am
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Lockheed Taps Textron for F-35 Electronic Warfare Simulation Tests; Steve Mensh Comments

Lockheed Martin has selected Textronâ€™s electronicÂ systems business unit to provide threat simulation systems for electronic warfare tests onÂ the F-35 fighter jet. Lockheed will use Textronâ€™s Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time Simulator system to develop and confirm aircraft software requirements for the F-35, Textron said Wednesday Textron will manufacture the simulation system at the F-35 […] More

December 1, 2016, 7:21 am
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Leonardo-Finmeccanica Secures Integrated System, Maritime Security Contract from Congo

Leonardo-Finmeccanica has received a $31.8Â million contract to deploy an integrated system for maritime security at the port of Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo. The maritime and land-based security systems will use radar and electro-optical sensors, communications systems, logistics management and port operations systems, Leonardo said Friday. Leonardo will also provide construction of new […] More

November 30, 2016, 2:02 pm
in Cybersecurity News, News

CGI Opens New Security Operations Center in France; Jean-Michel Baticle Comments

CGI has opened a new security operations center in Toulouse, France, in effort to expand the company’s global security footprint and address the security demands of customers. The new center is intended to help customers manage the security of their networks and respond to security incidents, CGI said Nov. 22. Jean-Michel Baticle, president of CGI’s […] More

November 30, 2016, 7:22 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

CA Technologies Unveils New Behavior Analytics, ID Mgmt Offerings; Mordecai Rosen Comments

CA Technologies has introduced new offerings for behavior analytics and identity and access management applications in an effort to help clients detect threats and avoid a breach. The CA Threat Analytics tool is a machine learning-based threat detection and breach prevention system designed to integrate with CA’s Privileged Access Manager, the companyÂ said Nov. 16. CA […] More

November 30, 2016, 1:00 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

IBM Opens Commercial Cyber Range, Expands Incident Response Network; Marc van Zadelhoff Comments

IBM‘s security business has opened a physical cyber range in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the commercial sector and expanded the unit’sÂ incident response network as part of a $200 million investment IBM announced in 2016. The companyÂ said Nov. 16Â it opened a new global security headquarters in Cambridge, where the IBM X-Force Command cyber range is located to […] More

November 30, 2016, 12:30 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

CACI Lands $79M Army Intell Systems Engineering Task Order; Ken Asbury Comments

The U.S. Army has awardedÂ CACI InternationalÂ a three-year, $79 million task order to provide intelligence systems engineering support for the military branchâ€™s intelligence and information warfare directorate. CACIÂ said Tuesday it will work to mature technologies in order to fulfill the Armyâ€™s intelligence and electronic warfare requirements in collaboration with academia. Under the task order, the companyÂ and […] More

November 29, 2016, 9:18 am